Barack Obama: “Every American shares in the obligation to widen the circle of opportunity for our young people.”

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

I obviously have a room in his head.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.